Daddy's Little Helper

Jolene loves to be Ward's little shadow!!

Not only has she become his little shadow but

she is learning how to "fix" things.

She askes if there are extra things he can fix

with her.

The American Dream

"The American Dream"

Raychel came home from school so excited because

she wanted to enter an essay contest. She asked

several people what was their American Dream.

She read a few books about people fulfilling their dreams.

She then wrote her essay.

All the kids that entered the essay were given

a certificate from the Elks Club who were

the local sponsors.

Most Fridays we watch a family movie. Now that the girls

are getting older they enjoy having their friends over to

enjoy the time with us. This night Raychel had Kianna

over for pizza and a movie then they went to Kianna's

home for a sleepover! I love the fact that my kids enjoy this

time with us and so do their friends.

Jolene snuggled up with Ward for the movie.

What a great family I have been blessed with!

At the end of each quarter at the middle school

they have an assembly for each grade level to

honor the kids for their achievements.

They range from perfect attendance, principals

honor roll (straight A's) the A-B honor roll and then

the teachers give out different honors for their classes.

Raychel was honored for her grades. For the

past two quarters she has made the A-B honor roll!!!

This time she was 1 point away from being on

the principals honor roll!! She was pretty sad to

not have straight A's. As we were talking

afterwards she said, "I will be on the principals

honor roll for 3rd quarter". If she's not it's not

from lack of hard work!!We are so very proud of Raychel. She tries hard

at everything she does. She is a hard worker and a

dedicated student who is enjoying middle school.

Kianna and Raychel

Rest In Peace

We knew the day was coming,

we just didn't know when.

Our beautiful black lab, Cammie,

that we have had for 11 years past away

January 5, 2010,

she was just over 13 years old.

She was a great dog, wonderful with the girls.

I think both of them at about 3 years old

said Cammie was a pony, dressed in their

overalls and cowgirl hat, would

put her on a rope

leash and lead her around the yard

wanting so badly to "ride" her

and after being told to
"get off the DOG"

with tears in their eyes would

walk along side her saying

"giddy up!"

She dug up many of my bulbs,

she dug up the ground around the lilac bush until it died,

she was always the first in the swimming pool,

she was famous for stealing food from Jolene,

She loved to go on walks,

runs,

chase after bumpers,

and she

was an amazing hunting dog.

She will be greatly missed!!